Matthew Wilson Story

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Originally Posted by DonJippo

Let me ask one thing...as a father what would you do if given the same possibility as what Malcolm Wilson has to support his own son? Matthew is not going to be a champion yes we can all see that but they are father and son, don't you think he is entitled to do and support his own son in anyway he wants? And that should not be any others business than Malcolm's and Matthew's IMHO.

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If I had a son I wouldn't let him drive a rally car explaining him it's too dangerous :p :


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Jokes appart, I would'nt let drive the biggest cars but would make him start in lower class first ;)

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Originally Posted by koko0703

BTW what happens to Ford JWRC prorgram??? Is there still Ford Fiesta JWRC running in WRC??? ( I guess Puma's are gone....!?) If so, does M-Sports run JWRC's???

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There is a single Fiesta S1600 in JWRC this year, TRT entered car for Alessandro Bettega. This is a prize drive for winning the Fiesta Sporting Trophy International (FSTi) last year. Car is supposedly of the latest spec and build by M-Sport in late 2006.

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Originally Posted by tmx

matthew wilson is 20yrs old right?

Henri Toivenen I think is still the youngest drive to win a rally 24years old. and colin mcrae has tittle at 26 yrs old?

i think matthew have a couple more years to prove himself. maybe he will pull some supprise. although as of now there are many potential wrc champion in the future, mikko, sordo, atkinson. not many people gets to be champion.

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I'm tired of reading "the potential... the potential... the potential" I want to see any sign of that potential and until now there's no litle sign. This is his 4h year in rallying... and please don't compare Wilson to Toivonen. Why did people talk about Matthew Wilson? Only because he start driving at 15 and because with 18 did the entire WRC. Anyone talked because he made some big perfomance? At least the lack of money of Aigner made him go to the correct place: PWRC.

It isn't Malcolm Wilson who is sponsoring Matthew, its Eddie Stobart! And who they sponsor is entirely up to them and to be fair it is logical as Matt is from Cumbria and Stobart have their HQ there.

I expect Matthew to score more points than last year. First three rallies have been probably unsuitable to him, but since Mexico he should perform at least little better than so far.

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Originally Posted by geo374

It isn't Malcolm Wilson who is sponsoring Matthew, its Eddie Stobart! And who they sponsor is entirely up to them and to be fair it is logical as Matt is from Cumbria and Stobart have their HQ there.

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I suspect Stobart is NOT funding the whole car and the whole season. There's some (or alot) of M-Sport money there too.
And don't forget Eddie Stobart no longer owns Stobart Transport, now owned by WA Developments International which is run by Andrew Tinkler.

The Stobart team is sponored by many business. They sponsored the seats of Wilson and Latvala.
Latvala is futher sponsored by ST1. For Tuuri.fi and GERN probaly not all the rallies, because I saw the last two brands only in Sweden on the car.

These are the partners and sponsors of Stobart team. The main sponsor is the business 'Eddie Stobart'.
http://www.stobartmotorsport.com/wrc_partners.asp

These threads are getting abit too sad.

Tell me, whow many of us would like to drive a WRC car?
If any of us had the chance to do what Wilson Jr did, we would without doubt do it.

Do you think it matters that he will never be champion or even win a rally?
I dont think so. The guy is living his dream.

Sure it sucks that he has no talent, sure its bad. But if we had the money, I am sure most of us would be doing the same.

Soon enough he (and his father) will realise that this isnt the life for him, and withdraw from rallying. I hope that this moment will come soon rather than later and that he wont end up like Armin Schwarz.

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Originally Posted by FocusChampion

The Stobart team is sponored by many business. They sponsored the seats of Wilson and Latvala.
Latvala is futher sponsored by ST1. For Tuuri.fi and GERN probaly not all the rallies, because I saw the last two brands only in Sweden on the car.

These are the partners and sponsors of Stobart team. The main sponsor is the business 'Eddie Stobart'.
http://www.stobartmotorsport.com/wrc_partners.asp

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stickers dont tell the whole story...

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Originally Posted by Koz

These threads are getting abit too sad.

Tell me, whow many of us would like to drive a WRC car?
If any of us had the chance to do what Wilson Jr did, we would without doubt do it.

Do you think it matters that he will never be champion or even win a rally?
I dont think so. The guy is living his dream.

Sure it sucks that he has no talent, sure its bad. But if we had the money, I am sure most of us would be doing the same.

Soon enough he (and his father) will realise that this isnt the life for him, and withdraw from rallying. I hope that this moment will come soon rather than later and that he wont end up like Armin Schwarz.

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I agree we'd all like Matt's drive, if he was openly entered as a "gentleman" driver just there for the craic, as opposed to a potential champion would we all treat him differently?